Things Sinking In

It's an odd thing to go into a doctor's office and finally get introduced to your child.  Sure, you get to see them in that initial ultrasound, but at that point in time the baby only looks like a little blob.  But when you actually see a little person in there, you can't help but be amazed.  Then there is that moment of shock where your brain actually snaps back into reality and you realize that the little, squirming baby on the screen will be here soon.  That's what this week has been like for me.  I think this is probably how it is for all men.  Since we can't feel the baby moving in the first half of our wife's pregnancy, it's all very abstract and out there.  Also, when you don't know the sex of the baby, the child is in the strange phase of being an it.  

Now "it" has been changed to "he" and everything is sinking in.  We can begin to settle on a name for him.  We can plan what his room will look like.  And now we don't have to take boy and girl hand-me-downs and wait to see what we're going to have.  It's also cool knowing that the family name will be passed down to yet another generation of Porter men.  Sure, life will change because he'll be in our lives, but at this point in time I really can't think of anything more awesome than what life will be like with him in our lives.  To say I'm excited would be an understatement.